Adrian Younge * Younge [New LP] 11/9/10 Trained as a dancer from

Trained as a dancer from an early age

and floating soundscapes

Flute Concerto: II

and the glamor and grind of the open road ("Hired Gun")

Michael McDonald)

Adrian Younge * Younge [New LP] 11/9/10 Trained as a dancer fromYounge is Adrian Younge's magnum opus: an orchestral album written from the perspective of a hip hop producer, and a hip hop record composed with the discipline of classical and cinematic music. It reframes orchestral composition not as nostalgia, but as a living language built for reinterpretation. Inspired by composers like Lalo Schifrin, David Axelrod, Ennio Morricone, Galt MacDermot, Bo Hansson, and later visionaries such as Portishead's Geoff